Meanings
verbdorkify (third-person singular simple present dorkifies, present participle dorkifying, simple past and past participle dorkified)
present singular third person dorkifies · participle present dorkifying · participle past dorkified · past dorkified
- slangtransitiveTo make dorky.
It's amazing—what he lacks in finesse he makes up for in sheer willingness to dorkify himself.
2009, Micol Ostow, David Ostow, So Punk Rock: And Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother, page 971 more example
If they think about him at all, they're inclined to blame him for commodifying, and therefore dorkifying, their pure underground pursuit.
2004, Hampton Sides, Americana: dispatches from the new frontier, page 16
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dorkify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorkify
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“dorkify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorkify. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dorkify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorkify.
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